And, of course, there was the unspeakable triple homicide in Owensboro, in which 43-year-old Jay Michael Sowders, 35-year-old Robert D. Smith Jr. and 18-year-old Christopher Carie were all shot in the head and killed. A fourth victim, Carmen R. Vanegas, 35, survived.

All that violence meshes perfectly with what’s happening around the country.

On Jan. 23, a former Indiana resident named Zephen Xaver walked into a SunTrust bank in Sebring, Florida, and executed five women, police say. He apparently ordered them all to lie on the floor of the bank. Then he shot them in the head.

Orlando Vellon and his wife Angie hold candles at Nuevo Pacto United Methodist Church in Sebring during a memorial service in memory of Marisol Lopez and the other victims of a shooting at SunTrust Bank. Lopez was a member of the church. Mandatory Credit: Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK (Photo: Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY)

In Louisiana, 21-year-old Dakota Theriot is accused of destroying two families. He reportedly killed his parents before shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend, her father and her 17-year-old brother.

Those stories have gotten a fair share of media attention. But gun deaths are so commonplace they’ve become American wallpaper. It takes extraordinary examples to get us to turn our heads.

Multiple smaller-scale shootings happen every day, all across the country. Here are some that have occurred in the last few days.

Quadruple homicide

As of Monday, no one knows why Daylon Gamble shattered the small town of Rockmart, Georgia.

The 27-year-old allegedly shot and killed Jaequnn Davis, 19, and 48-year-old Helen Rose Mitchell on Thursday. Then, police believe, he walked about 300 yards to another home, where he shot and killed Arkeyla Perry, 24, and Dadrian Cummings, 26.

Another victim, 24-year-old Peerless Brown, was shot in the face but managed to survive.

Gamble’s next trip was a lot longer than 300 yards.

He reportedly swiped a truck and drove eight hours north to Indianapolis, where he was arrested without incident Sunday. Police believe all five victims were targeted, but no one has said why.

Friends and families of the victims gathered for a vigil Saturday night at a Rockmart church. Lori Meinke, a close friend of Mitchell’s, couldn’t make sense of what happened.

“Why would somebody do that?” she asked Fox 5. “(Mitchell) would never hurt anybody.”

3-year-old killed

Damion Little was arguing with a woman outside her home in Pritchard, Alabama, when he apparently pulled out a gun.

Police believe he fired through the front door, shattering the glass. Bullets struck the woman, who was later rushed into surgery.

But another person was in the path of the bullets as well: a little 3-year-old boy.

The boy, who police have yet to identify, died from his injuries, a victim of an argument he didn't understand.

An accident

Javon Martin, 17, and his 15-year-old girlfriend Makaila Simon were hanging out in his room just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

That’s when he got the rifle. He reportedly wanted to show it to Simon. He later told police he made sure it was unloaded.

But he was wrong.

The gun went off, and a bullet struck Simon in the chest. She died before paramedics could arrive.

Authorities in Spring, Texas, are still investigating. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told the Houston Chronicle they didn’t know if the shooting was accidental or not, but authorities claimed there was no indication the couple had been fighting.

Simon had celebrated her 15th birthday just three days before.

“Makaila Simon was born with chunky cheeks with pretty brown eyes,” her mother Alicia reportedly posted on Facebook on Makaila’s birthday. “She is growing up to be a beautiful young lady.”